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SUBMITTER: Smith RL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2342636 | biostudies-literature | 2008 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Smith Rh Ll RL Warren R B RB Eyre S S Ke X X Young H S HS Allen M M Strachan D D McArdle W W Gittins M P MP Barker J N W N JN Griffiths C E M CE Worthington J J
The British journal of dermatology 20080313 5
<h4>Background</h4>Psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin disease, affects approximately 2% of the population worldwide. Although the aetiology of psoriasis is poorly understood, patients with disease of early onset (Type I, age of onset<or=40 years) usually have a strong genetic component to the disease.<h4>Objectives</h4>The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of the protein tyrosine phosphatase nonreceptor type 22 (PTPN22) gene region in susceptibility to Type I psoriasis.<h4>Pa ...[more]